212 Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia
Quality. Select the image quality level for captured photos.
Capture Format (Video, MMS Video, and Video Share modes).
Select the file format for recorded videos.
Time Stamp (Photo mode). Include the date and time on
captured photos.
Storage. Select where to save photos and videos. You can
either save the files to the main memory, or to a storage card if
available.
Keep Backlight. Turn the backlight on or off. This overrides your
device backlight settings while you are using the camera.
Shutter Sound. Play a shutter sound when you tap the Virtual
Camera button.
Image Properties. Adjust the Contrast, Saturation, and Sharpness
before capturing.
Effect. Apply a special effect to your photos or videos.
Metering Mode. Select a metering mode to allow the camera to
measure the amount of light and calculate the best-fit exposure
value before capturing.
Prefix. The file name of a newly captured photo or video is set
to “IMAGE” or “VIDEO” followed by a sequential number, for
example: IMAGE_001.jpg. You can also choose the current date
or date and time as the file name prefix.
Note You can not change the file name prefix when saving captured
photos to a storage card. Captured photos are named using the
convention IMAGnnnn.jpg (where ‘nnnn’ is the counter), and are
saved to the \DCIM\100MEDIA folder on the storage card.
Counter. Reset the file naming counter back to 1.